Cheese Sambusak

Cheese Sambusak

1 lb. flour

½ tsp. baking powder
½ stick melted butter
¼ cup water
1 egg
a pinch of salt
½ package dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
¼ tsp. sugar
 
1 1/2 cups grated any combination of left  over cheese 

1 egg

Combine yeast withsugar and water until dissolved (10-15 mins.). Combine the remaining dough ingredients with the yeast and knead until the dough becomes soft. Cover the dough with a towel for 3-4 hours.

Combine cheese ingredients . Divide the dough into walnut size balls and roll with rolling pin into a circle. Place one tsp. of the cheese mixture in the lower half of the circle, turn and close firmly. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 375º F.


Enjoy

Elinoar

Nut cake

So simple, so quick and so tasty

200 gr soft butter
350 gr self raising flour
4 eggs
1/2 cup orange juice
100 gr crushed nuts
1 tab grated orange peel
1 cup sugar
sugar powder for the coating (optional)

Mix all. put in a pre heated oven - 360*F - for 35-45 minutes. (depend on your oven) . I have used kugelhopf bakind dish.

Isnt it simple?

My daughter's 18th B-day cake

It is realy a simple cake even though it looks complicated.

300 gr' chocolate
400 gr' soft butter
5 separate eggs
1 egg white
1/5 C sugar
1 tabs. sweet red wine
3 cups self raising flour
Jam


Cream # 1
200 gr' chocolate
10 tabs. water
4 tabs. cocoa powder
t tabs. sugar
50 gr' butter
1 tabs. chocolate liquer


Cream # 2
3 pck heavy whipping cream
100 gr' chocolate
3/4 C sugar


Heat oven to 180*C / 360*F. In a small pot over low heat melt chocolate with butter and set aside to cool.

Separate eggs. Beat egg whites with 1/2 C sugar into a foam and put aside. Beat egg yolk with the wine. Mix together egg yolk with chocolate mixture.

Add the flour, mix well and place the mixture into a baking pan 26" and bake for approximately 45-50 minutes.


Meanwhile, prepare the chocolate cream (# 1). Mix all ingredients beside butter and melt over low heat. Add butter and cool.

Melt chocolate (cream # 2) and cool. Beat heavy cream with the sugar into a steady foam, divide the creamin half. Add to 1 half the melted chocolate. Keep cream in the fridge until use.

With a knife, cut cake into 3 layers. On the bottom pour half the chocolate cream (# 1). Over it whipping cream and cover with 2nd layer and spread - generously - the jam. Over jam pour whipping cream and cover with last layers.

Spread the remaining chocolate mixture on it and cover with the whipping cream.
Decorate it to your taste.


See ya soon

Elinoar, aka Lior

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Oven baked Sweet Potato

Oven baked sweet potato


Just peel, spice and bake it. Easy dish and perfact fot those hot humid days.



3 - 4 peeled sweet potatos - cut to pcs
salt and white pepper
5 - 6 tabs. olive oil


pre heat oven to 400*F. Put baking sheet on oven pan.

Mix sweet potatos with spices and olive.

Place on baking sheet and bake for 15-17 minutes.

Recipe request corner

Hi, I remember the recipe for chopped liver you gave me, the

only problem, I can't remember where I put it.

I like using chiken livers, also some schmaltz.

Thank you. No one makes it except the delis in NY.

Thank you, Richard Mallin

Next Post, Richard. Promiss :-)

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See ya soon

Elinoar, aka Lior

Oven Chicken Legs

Oven Chicken Legs


Sometimes due to necessity we get the best recipes.

I couldn't find an ingredient I needed for chinese BBQ chicken legs. so here I get, a fantastic recipe, no doubt will be serve on our table a lot in the future.

You will need:-

Chicken legs

1/2 C cornflour

tabasco

garlic salt

paprika w/ oil

3 tabs ketchup

1 tab wine vinegar

2 tabs honey

1 tab mustard

Warm oven to 430*F.

Arrange baking sheet on a baking dish. Wet chicken legs and roll in cornflour.

Mix the rest of ingredients and rub it on chicken legs.

Arange chicken legs on baking dish. Cover with alu. foil and bake for 15 min.

Reduce heat to 400*F , continue baking for another 10 min. Take out alu. foil and

continue baking until chicken legs are tender.

Enjoy.

Elinoar (aka Lior)

Tortini - small Italian torte

Tortini - small Italian torte

160 gr' dark chocolate

160 gr' soft butter

3 eggs + 3 yolk

1/3 C sugar

1/2 C flour

papper cups

In a small pot melt butter with chocolate.

Warm oven to 170*C (350*F). Whip eggs, eggs yolk and sugar to into fluffy mix.

Add flour and chocolate mixture.

Insert into each papper cup 3/4 up to half level.

Keep in fridge for 30 minutes or so.

Bake tortini for 17 minute. Put each tortini on a place. Serve with icecream. The best.

Great dessert for summer days.

Enjoy

Elinoar